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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol 2020; 41(01): 1-3
DOI: 10.4103/ijmpo.ijmpo_93_20
Editorial Commentary

Let Us Eradicate All Bias, Gender Included

Padmaj S Kulkarni
Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital and Research Centre, Pune, Maharashtra, India
,
Amrita Prayag
Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital and Research Centre, Pune, Maharashtra, India
,
Anupama Shirish Borker
Department of Medical Oncology, Goa Medical College, Bambolim, Goa, India
,
Bhawna Sirohi
Department of Medical Oncology, Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India
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Given our profession, we understand the what, why, and how of the human body better than most others. Despite the advances within and outside the test tube, there has to be a man and a woman to take the species forward. The need being so fundamentally biological, neither gender has a logical reason to nurture a bias against the other. Yet gender bias is one of the cancerous issues we face today.

Recently, one of our colleagues participated in a meeting that mooted a separate forum for women oncologists in India.[1] Yes, one oncologist could be more skilled and experienced than another, but what has gender got to do with it? Why did she and others feel the need for such a forum? What is the reality and current status of gender bias in the elites of oncology? A quick survey of oncologists done by the authors revealed that the bias is for real and yet, it is not as alarming as one would have feared.



Publication History

Received: 11 March 2020

Accepted: 12 March 2020

Article published online:
23 May 2021

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